Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-26
STAYING AWAKE NIGHTS
SENATORS WORRY OVER A BILL TILL
EARLY MORNING.

Vance Furnishes the Principal Entertain
ment--van wyck Pleads for Senators
Elected by the Populace-Tezans Testi-
fying-Pendleton's Mysterious Visit to
the President-No Danger of an Extra
Session.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. GO Tho senate
held night session Friday for the express
purpose of considering the bill for an investi-
CATION of the Pacific railways, Hoar declar-
ing his determination to have a vote on it be-
fore adjournment The first business done
was TO strike the fifth and sixth sections from
the senate MISUNDERSTANDING the
sinking f1nd provisions. Mcpherson
said those sections required the Union Pacific
to pay annually 5000 600 more than the entire
interest account paid by the government,
while the Central Pacific would pay 81 800,
00o less than its annual interest account with
the government Hoar agreed to this. aud
said the sections, if executed, would bank
rupt the Union Pacific. The vote On the
proposition to strike cut was--yeas, 70; nays,
H. Colquitt, German, Gray, Mcpherson,
Morgan, Payne, aud Ransom, Democrats,
fptot yea dhi Sutttii, ibEdlis-
Van Wyck, and Wilson OF Iowa, Repub-
llcans, voted nay.
Sherman and Mcpherson also desired the
provision authorizing the president to fore
close the mortgages, etc, stricken out, and
said the authority could not DO exercised for
ten years and the only effect of the provision
would be to influence the stock market.
Sherman also thought the salary of commits
,ioner was too high-S9, o00 He thought
%, COO would be enough. Hoar said the salary
vas nome too high, as the object was to get
men of the highest character, whose names
would be protection against 'bull' and
bear" operations The government, Hoar
said, in its dealings with these roads, was not
4 creditor laying its hand upon debtor; it
was guardian saying to its ward: Il inter
pose TO make you manage your property
reasonably, in view of the fact that YOU have
debt coming due"
Vance spoke of the Union Pacific road bs-
Rg conceived in sin AID brought forth in
nquity. 1t had sought to get ri of the bsd
odor attached to it by eleeting Mr. Charles
Francis Adams its president. 1t had sought
for him in the nlugwGmpian attitudes where
George William Curtis and Carl Scaurz
were supposed to be sitting on a golden cloud
with harps in hand singing songs of purity
concerning a new political science. But he
had read in Chicago newspaper of Mr..
Adams conduct in reference to certain roll
ing mills AMI as to charging four times the
regular freight, so as to keep away COMPETE
ton, and it made him think of the negro
song:
And that dark.e in the camp ground
Who can Ioudest sing and shout,
Is a-going to rob some ben-roost
Before the week is out.
Riddleberger moved to strike out the clause
which provides that a claim that teStimon
or evidence may tend to criminate witness
shall not excuse him from testifying. He
characterized the clause as ravIshment of
the constitution and a violent assault upon
the common law OF the couatry. He said he
did not like the resolution from beginning to
end. He looked upon it as the merest,
cheapest piece OF deInqgoguery and shyster
legislation ever promulgated in legislative
body. Who asked for itl The hired lobby
lists of a Wall street brokerage. Where were
the charges and specifications on which the
Investigation was to proceedi The We're none
but the miserable editorials OF an alien and
seGlti0us editor; and the senate Of the United
States, like whipped ours, he added, were to
investigate charges emanating from such a
man.
kiddleberger's motion was defeated and
the wee s:na' hours of the morning having
arrived, the resolution was finally brought
to vote and passed, and the tired statesmen
ought their homss